Monthly Archives: October 2024

Brighter Nights and Darker Days Predict Higher Mortality Risk

This entry was posted in Cardiovascular Diseases Health and tagged Daylight Health Mortality Night Light on by

A prospective cohort study suggests that personal exposure to brighter nights and darker days causes circadian disruption with poor health outcomes and increased mortality risk. Avoiding night light and seeking daylight may promote optimal health and longevity. From 2013 to 2016, 88,905 UK Biobank participants (mean age 62.4 years, 56.9% […]

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Par with Escitalopram for Anxiety Disorders

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Both clinician-rated and patient-reported outcomes suggested that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) was well-tolerated with comparable effectiveness to the first-line medication escitalopram for patients with anxiety disorders in a US randomized clinical trial. The trial included 276 participants (women 75%, men 25%; mean age 33 years; Asian 19%, Black 15%, Hispanic […]